Louisa's POV
Vincent looked at me and didn't say anything. The look on his face was almost lamenting. "Vincent, where is Darren?" I frowned and asked. "He's inside," Vincent said. "But he's in a very bad condition. Miss Louisa, I have to brief you before letting you see him. You have to be prepared. The werewolves at the slave market tortured and humiliated him. His skin was badly burnt. His face was deformed. His head had concussions. He is completely shut down right now. He refuses to communicate with anyone and it seems that he has developed a certain mechanism to protect himself." Vincent took a pause and said, "It seems that he has lost his memory, Louisa. I doubt he will recognize you." "No... No!!!" I felt like I was struck by a bat or something. My vision was black and I fell to the ground. Vincent caught me and held me in his arms. The world was spinning in front of me. Something bitter was stuck in my throat. I curled up aLouisa's POV "What?!" I couldn't believe what I had heard. Pregnant? I'm pregnant with Lucas' child?! But, I have to tell Darren that I... Then, I heard a wave of hysterical laughter coming from Derek. "The prophet's true! The advent child! The Dark King rises! He who has Lycan, witch, and vampire's blood will marry his mother and be the tyrannic ruler in the Kingdom!" Every single word was like a knife, stabbing my heart. Was it a vicious curse? Or just some disturbing nonsense coming from a madman? Then, before I realized it, my ankle was grabbed fast by Derek. I tried to move back, but I couldn't. Frost started to spread all the way up from my feet at a fast rate. I didn't know what happened before my whole legs were sealed in frigid ice. "No! Stop it!" I saw Vincent and Will trying to pull Derek away from me. But they ended up pulling the remaining of his legs off his body. More sparkling ice w
Lucas' POV "Fucking Kings and Queens! A bunch of mother fuckers and losers!" I shouted. Derek looked intimidated and turned his head towards Lucian. "Don't you fucking look at him! Nobody can fucking save you today!" I kicked him. "I should have killed you long ago! You're a fucking cancer!" He rolled on the ground for a couple of laps and coughed out some sticky muddy fluid from his mouth. "Master... I'm already dead... For a dead man, there's nothing on earth that matters... But my brother... He served you... I forced him to do a lot of bad things, but he was innocent... Please spare his life..." Derek said. "You have no right to negotiate anything with me! I'm going to let you witness I torture your brother to death!" I said angrily and grabbed his neck. "Now, break this fucking ice shield and give my fucking woman back to me. Give her back!" Then, I heard a faint voice. "Leave... my brother... alone..." It's Darren
Louisa's POVStirring from the abyss of unconsciousness, I was greeted by the overpowering scent of liquor hanging heavy in the air.What happened to me?My body was unresponsive, every attempt to move my limbs or lift my head met with searing pain.Good. Pain is good. Pain means that I'm still alive.I told myself.As my eyes slowly adjusted to the low light, the realization hit me - I was sprawled out on a bed in a tent.This wasn't the run-of-the-mill tent I was accustomed to during my time with the Crimson Creek Pack.It was adorned with intricate decorations, reminiscent of a royal abode.With my mind kicking into gear, the pain coming from my back started to deteriorate.Abruptly, a man's voice, dreamy and distant, echoed in my ears -"Fuck it... I don't give a fuck... I'll kill them all."I heard a man's dreamy voice next to my ear.That can't be good.Why am I lying on a bed with a man?And why is this man showing attitude and swearing to kill everyone in his dream?!Summoning
Louisa's POVFlashback***I was born to be the daughter of Alpha Jacob of Crimson Creek Pack.My mother's life was tragically cut short in the process of bringing me into the world.The official reason was labor exhaustion, but I had my suspicions about my stepmother Rosalie's involvement.She used to be my mother's maid and the source of my predicament.As soon as my mother passed away, my father married her consecutively, which was very suspicious.However, Rosalie had her own twisted version of my mother's untimely death.She was busy weaving tales about me, warning the pack to keep their distance as if I was some kind of a curse.She would say, "Anyone who interacts with that girl will be doomed, just like her mother."Since my birth, I've been an outcast, shunned by our pack.Even the Omegas in the pack wouldn't talk to me.I had to work very hard to get my ration of food, which was always not enough.And I had to look for food in the trash.But sometimes there just wasn't any scr
Louisa's POVLying on the bed, being watched by Alpha Lucas and Beta Lucian, I felt so desperate."Alpha Lucas..." I said in a low voice, barely louder than a whisper."Is she trying to talk to me?" Lucas frowned."She's calling your name. So let me take a wild guess," Lucian shrugged.It seemed that he had a very passive-aggressive way against his Alpha, and Alpha Lucas didn't have any problem with that.This kind of fair and intimate Alpha-Beta relationship was something that I had never heard of.My father's Beta would never dare to look at my father in the eyes, let alone throw him a big fat attitude."Do you have anything to say or do you want to keep staring at us like that?" Lucian asked."I... I want to go home..." I murmured."Home?" Lucas narrowed his eyes. "Do you call that shithole a home?"I felt crossed.My father's pack was not as advanced as those packs in the north, but it was a clean, decent place.It was not fair to call it a shithole.I wanted to talk back to him, b
Lucas' POVOh, fuck.I curled up while stepping back.I could feel the throbbing pain coming from the innermost part of my chest.It was killing me.Lucian approached me, trying to pull me up from the ground.I grabbed his arm like grabbing the last straw of hope."I'm in pain, brother!“ I barked at him. "It's coming from my chest and it doesn't stop! What happened to me?! Am I dying?!"Lucian held me against his chest and said in a soothing voice, "Easy. Go easy on your breath, Luke. In and out. In and out.""Make it stop! Make it stop right now!" I almost ripped my chest open, but Lucian locked my hands together.He pinned me on the ground and said, "If you want the pain to stop, you have to work with me. Focus on your breath. Don't fight against it. Go with it."I fucking hate being subdued like this.But I couldn't do anything about it.It was so damn painful in my chest and it's fucking distracting."Do not subject yourself to fear, Luke. Live with it." Lucian's soft and tender vo
Louisa's POV"She looks so tiny. She wouldn't make it." I heard a boy's voice. "You're a doctor or something?" I recognized that was Lucian's voice."It wouldn't need a doctor to see that she wouldn't make it. She's dying," the boy said.I'm not dying. I'm still alive!I opened my mouth, but there was no sound coming out of it except a series of scratchy sounds.I felt my throat burning.I didn't know how long I had slept. "Wa… water…" I gasped.Every time I breathed, I felt my throat was burning on fire. The cloth covering my eyes was lifted. In a blurry vision, I saw a boy's face. He was holding a bowl of water in his hand. I struggled to get up, but my back was hurting so badly that I couldn't move."She can't even sit up straight by herself…" "She'll be fine, Leon," Lucian said.I grabbed the boy's arm and said, "Leon... Water…""Aha, she's calling my name and she's grabbing my arm now," said Leon."I've told you, she's not dying. She just needs some time to recover." Lucian
I closed my eyes. My tears kept falling from the corner of my eyes. I would be Alpha Lucas' breeder and I would be killed. Nobody would know that I had ever existed. But the most agonizing thought was… My child would be born into this world without seeing their mother. They would have nobody. No. I couldn't let this happen to my child. I had to figure out a way to survive. Maybe I should run away. "Is that your answer to every question?" I heard my wolf's voice in my mind, "To run away? Ever since I knew you, you're trying to avoid everything. An evil stepmother. A tyrannical stepbrother. An ignorant father. Look at what that has got you so far." "What could I do? I couldn't fight them. I'm too weak." I replied. "Concentrate, girl. When you're in fear, you're distracted. You have to stay focused and think about it. Alpha Lucas is your mate. He's found out that you're his mate and he wants to know your real name. Why do you think he's doing that?" "He want